IC 839
IC 839
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
349 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 349 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 839 as it looked roughly 349 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 3949Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4906Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 3913Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 4106Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4827Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 3955Lenticular7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4906Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 3913Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 4106Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4827Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 3955Lenticular7.9 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).